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Trotz des Endes der Meisterschaften in Fussball, Eishockey und Co. bietet der Juni diverse Sporthighlights. Nebst zweier Grand Slams feiert die Klub-WM ihre Premiere. Schwingfans kommen mit gleich 14 Kranzfesten voll auf ihre Kosten. Und in der F1 stehen drei GPs an.

Erneut gibt es an den French Open keine Frauenspiele zur besten Sendezeit zu sehen. Top-Spielerin Ons Jabeur fordert mehr weibliche Präsenz in den Night Sessions – doch nicht alle Frauen wollen das.

Ab sofort ist die «Silver Lake City» im Europapark in Rust geöffnet. Damit hat der Vergnügungspark eine eigene Westernstadt. Diese ist für alle frei zugänglich.

Wie geht es den Schweizer Firmen? Was läuft an der Wall Street? Und wie entwickelt sich der Bitcoin- und Goldpreis? Im Liveticker halten wir dich über die neusten Entwicklungen an den Märkten auf dem Laufenden.

Euronews: Az ENSZ atomenergia-felügyeletének ellenőrei azt mondják, nem látták jelét annak, hogy Oroszország a zaporizzsjai atomerőmű azonnali újraindítására készülne - közölte az ügynökség egyik tisztviselője, miután a Greenpeace aggodalmát fejezte ki amiatt, hogy Moszkva távvezetékeket épít a létesítmény közelében.

Sommerlicher Auftakt zum Auffahrtswochenende: Die Schweiz erlebt heute Temperaturen von bis 30 Grad. Besonders warm wird es im Tessin und Wallis. Aber auch der Rest der Schweiz kommt in den Genuss von freundlichem Wetter.

Die Nati trifft zum Abschluss der Nations League am Freitag in Nancy auf Frankreich und vier Tage später in Sitten auf Norwegen. Sie braucht dringend Punkte, um den Abstieg aus der Liga A noch zu verhindern. Welche Fragen stellen sich fünf Wochen vor EM-Start?

L’eau formée en amont des débris de la rupture du glacier se fraie un chemin. «Un scénario assez favorable» pour le géologue cantonal valaisan.

Robert Fico kormányfő szerint ellentmondásos a Szlovák Nemzeti Bank elnökével, Peter Kažimírral kapcsolatos csütörtöki (5. 29.) bírósági ítélet és az ügyészi döntés a "valaškás" (fokosos) férfi ügyében. A Smer vezérének eszmefuttatását a kormányhivatal küldte el a TASR-nek.

Part of the presidential jet's landing gear malfunctioned while approaching the runway, authorities say.

Der einst mächtigste Mann im Musikgeschäft muss sich seit Montag vor Gericht verantworten. Sean «Diddy» Combs werden in zahllosen Fällen Sexualdelikte vorgeworfen. Am Montag veröffentlichte das Justizdepartment schockierende Fotos, die das Ausmass der Gewalt zeigen.

In Sydney sorgte ein Mann für Aufsehen, als er versuchte, ein Kreuzfahrtschiff auf dem Tau zu erklettern. Vor allem fällt sein besonderes Schuhwerk auf. Seine Kletteraktion dauert jedoch nicht lange und ist auch nicht erfolgreich.

Le village valaisan est menacé par une lave torrentielle en provenance du Lötschental après la rupture du glacier du Birch.

Nach dem Gletscherabbruch in Blatten suchen viele Familien dringend Wohnraum, um im Tal leben zu können. Hast du eine Ferien- oder Zweitwohnung, die du zur Verfügung stellen könntest?

Rescue workers line up body bags in Tal Al Sultan, in Rafah, in southern Gaza. Credit: UNOCHA

By Alon Ben-Meir
NEW YORK, May 30 2025 (IPS)

For over a year, I refused to ascribe Israel’s war against Hamas and the reign of horror it is inflicting on the Palestinians in Gaza as genocide, but now I feel shaken to the core by what I am witnessing. If what I see is not genocide, then I do not know what is.

Last year, I attended the Mailman School of Public Health graduation ceremony at Columbia University. The student selected to deliver a speech on behalf of the student body was an Arab woman. First, she spoke about her experience at the university as a student, but then shifted to the war in Gaza. During her speech, she invoked the word ‘genocide’ several times, about Israel’s atrocious activities and onslaught on Gaza.

At the time, I was enraged, thinking that although Israel has committed many crimes in its execution of war against Hamas, it did not rise to the level of genocide. But over the last few months, as I was looking at the unfolding horror that’s taking place in Gaza—the mass destruction of infrastructure, the indiscriminate killing of men, women, and children, the clear revenge and retribution that’s been undertaken by Israeli soldiers, the starvation to which the entire community been subjected to—I could not but come to the dreadfully sad conclusion that what Israel is committing is nothing but genocide.

Indeed, how do you explain the deaths of nearly 54,000 Palestinians, more than half of them women, children, and the elderly? How do you define the deliberate destruction of hospitals, clinics, schools, and whole neighborhoods with thousands buried under the rubble, left to rot? How do you describe the many Israeli soldiers who boast about the number of Palestinians they have killed? And how do you label a government that cheered its intended goal of demolishing, decimating, and dismantling whatever was left standing in Gaza?

As I kept listening and watching the unfolding horror day in and day out, I could not stop weeping for what has evolved in front of my eyes–indeed, in front of the eyes of the whole world.

But then, hardly anything has happened to end this ongoing travesty. The war continues, the slaughter continues, starvation continues, destruction continues, revenge and retribution continue, making inhumanity and brutality the order of the day.

Yes, I cried with real tears, asking:

Where are all these Israelis who have been demonstrating day in and day out to release the remaining 59 hostages, but never raise their voices to stop the killing of 54,000 Palestinians?

Where are the rabbis who praise God for being the chosen? I wonder, has God chosen the Jews to maim, to mutilate, to massacre, and to kill? Does the Israel that was created on the ashes of the Jews who perished in the Holocaust now have the moral justification to perpetrate genocide against innocent men, women, and children?

Where are the opposition parties in Israel, who have been paralyzed and remain comfortably numb? Why aren’t they screaming, shouting, and protesting against an evil government that is destroying the very moral foundation of a country that sacrificed its soul on the altar of the vilest government in Israel’s history?

Where are the academics, professors, and students that should uphold high moral ground? Why have they buried their voices among the thousands of Palestinians buried with no trace?

And what happened to the so-called ‘most moral army in the world,’ the Israel Defense Forces, that took pride in defending their country only to turn out to become the most depraved force, committing crimes of unspeakable cruelty, ruthlessness and savagery?

They are fighting under the false banner of saving the country from a mortal enemy when, in fact, they are destroying Israel from within, leaving it searching for salvation for generations to come.

I was raised by parents who instilled in me the meaning of caring and compassion, lending a helping hand to people in need, sharing my food with the hungry, and learning never to hate others or hold others in disdain.

I have held these values from the time I was a little boy to this day, recognizing that these are the ideals that have sustained me in times of loss, in times of suffering, in times of sorrow, in times of hope, and in times of anguish, never knowing what tomorrow will hold.

One day, I asked my mother, ‘Mother, what shall I do with people who hate me and want to harm me only because of who I am?’ She pondered for a second, and then said, ‘My son, if a beast comes to hurt you, defend yourself, but never, never become like one. Because if you did, you would have lost your humanity, and you will have little left to live for.’ And, after another brief pause, she told me: ‘Remember, son, an eye for an eye leaves us all blind.’

So many Israelis have told me to my face that we should kill every Palestinian child in Gaza because once they grow up, they will become terrorists bent on terrorizing us for as long as they live, and we should kill them all to prevent that future. How sick and deranged and demented these people are.

Has it occurred to them that what Israel is doing to the Palestinians today is nurturing the next generation of Palestinians to become terrorists because they have nothing left to lose, and avenging what has befallen their people is the only reason they want to live?

Israel has lost its Jewish values, its conscience, its morals, its sense of order, and its very reason for being. Hamas’ savage attack on Israel is unconscionable and unacceptable. Still, the Israeli reaction to the Hamas massacre reminded me precisely of what my mother taught me from day one: if a beast comes to hurt you, never become one, because you will have nothing left to live for.

When this ugly war comes to an end, Israel will never be the same. It has stigmatized itself for generations to come, it has inflicted irreparable damage to world Jewry, it has intensified the rise of antisemitism to new heights, it has betrayed everything that its founders stood for. And above all else, it has lost its soul, and may never find its way back from the abyss.

alon@alonben-meir.com Web: www.alonben-meir.com

IPS UN Bureau

 

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Dr. Alon Ben-Meir is a retired professor of international relations, most recently at the Center for Global Affairs at New York University. He taught courses on international negotiation and Middle Eastern studies.

Autorisé aux États-Unis et présenté comme révolutionnaire, le procédé n’est pas d’actualité en Suisse. Voici pourquoi.

Voir en ligne : www.sobebra.bj

Eagle Hills aurait renoncé à ses projets de méga-complexe touristique sur la Grande plage d'Ulcinj, mais à la place de la société des Émirats arabes unis, bien d'autres investisseurs locaux avaient déjà fait valider leurs projets immobiliers. Les pelleteuses sont prêtes à se mettre en action.

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Meyer Burger stoppt wegen finanzieller Schwierigkeiten die Solarmodulproduktion in den USA. Alle dortigen Angestellten verlieren den Job. Gleichzeitig muss die Solarfirma aus Thun BE endlich ihren Geschäftsbericht vorlegen – und zwar spätestens am Samstag.